Young people remain a highly contested group within our society. There has always been the risk of instrumentalisation as young people have often been (mis)understood as simply there to engender...

For every memory of a party during my childhood, there is also a memory of balloons. They were simply a big part of it and I think most people have a similar memory. Balloons were fun and they gave...

The current public debate about fuel stations is a wake-up call. Earlier this week, the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) produced a (sick) joke of a proposal which could reduce the maximum...

Data recently issued by Eurostat regarding labour costs in the EU show that in Malta, spending on workers and employees (excluding those in agriculture and public administration) is less than half the...

The spectre of a concerted war from the West against Syria has been in the air for quite some time now but never as tangible as at present. Yet, I am not convinced that the international...

Well what a week. Malta has been set upon by none other than viral v-logging sensation Nas Daily. For those that don't know what half of that sentence means, Nas Daily is a guy who makes 60-second...

Rachel Attard speaks to Health Minister Chris Fearne about the new amendments to the IVF law, which have raised no small amount of controversy. Fearne was interviewed for The Malta Independent’s...

Last Sunday opened with a new launch on immigrants' status in Malta by the Prime Minister when he was addressing the labour party gathering, in what looks very much like a u-turn on the previous...

Investigative journalists ask the government the right questions. The government asks its lawyers the wrong question. A government proud of its method of administration does not go about boasting of...

On Good Friday the Prime Minister donated €5 million, from the National Development and Social Fund, to Puttinu Cares for a project to build new apartments in central London. As the name implies,...